While botanical ingredients from the Amazon are key elements of the international trade, their growth has been stunted by cultural and environmental factors peculiar to the region, experts say.
Two players in the astaxanthin realm, Chinese company BGG and US firm Solix Algredients, will combine to form a new ingredient supplier based in Colorado.
The Center for Science in the Public Interest has warned consumers to avoid ginkgo products and called for FDA enforcement because of what it characterized as widespread adulteration.
Since its acquisition of natural extract supplier Indfrag for $35 million last year, OmniActive Health Technologies is solidifying its presence in the US specialty botanicals and extracts market with a focus on healthy aging and healthy living.
Joseph Betz, PhD, will replace longtime director Paul Coates, PhD, at the helm of the Office of Dietary Supplements and the National Institutes of Health, the agency announced recently.
Some industry observers are starting to question how many of the thousands of supplements sold on Amazon and other high volume online platforms comply with adverse event reporting requirements and other rules pertaining to the sales of these products.
Wisconsin-based UAS Laboratories LLC has opened its new fermentation facility, located in Madison. This expansion is the result of a $60 million investment made to support their continuous growth and ongoing leadership position in the probiotic marketplace.
LabCorp announced today that it has entered a definitive agreement to sell its Covance Food Solutions business to Eurofins Scientific for $670 million.
With the Supplement OWL database celebrating its first anniversary, the Council for Responsible Nutrition says it has full cooperation from its membership in inputting label information.
European sports nutrition association ESSNA says it has tackled more than 400 potentially dangerous products since the launch of its campaign five years ago – adding that it urges anyone aware of illegal activity by sports nutrition firms to step forward...
While many personalized nutrition companies offer multivitamins as a core product, startup Vitamin Packs said its algorithm incorporating detailed drug-supplement interactions is a differentiator.
Amazing Grass started when two friends served up green smoothies to their colleagues and friends, sourcing greens from one of the co-founders’ family farm in Kansas. Fast-forward 16 years to the present day, with a distribution footprint magnitudes larger,...
It is easier to come across Halal-certified ingredients in the dietary supplement space today than it was when NoorVitamins started in 2011, CEO Dr. Mohamed Issa told NutraIngredients-USA.
A recent warning letter sent to a Utah company by the US Food and Drug Administration lists various GMP violations, including a lack of allergen warnings, something that will only accelerate as FSMA implementation goes into full swing.
Recapitalization and streamlining will position embattled ingredients provider Rice Bran Technologies for future growth, company executives said recently.
Some dietary supplement ingredients have landed on US President Donald Trump’s proposed list of tariffs on imported Chinese goods. They include CoQ10 and vitamins E, B2 and B12.
New Zealand contract manufacturer GMP Pharmaceuticals has appointed a new general manager, who is targeting product innovation and new delivery systems to drive sales growth.
FDA is stepping up monitoring illegal products entering the country, according to a blog post from Commissioner Scott Gottlieb. The development was welcomed by industry stakeholders, assuming it is more than mere window dressing.
Canadian cranberry supplier Fruit d’Or has taken another step in its crusade to combat cranberry adulteration by becoming a member of the Tru ID testing protocol, developed at the University of Guelph.
The Natural Products Association (NPA) announced on Thursday that it has completed pilot audits for the Supplement Safety and Compliance Initiative (SSCI).
“I wish we had as much energy around a regenerative, climate-smart Farm Bill as we did around the marketing of regenerative, because now is the time to craft a Farm Bill that could actually improve climate and the quality of our farming,” says Clif Bar’s...
From changes to the times when plants are flowering, fruiting, and harvested, to disruptions to nature’s synchronization between plants and their insect pollinators, climate change is exerting significant pressure on the botanical supply chain, and companies...
The issue of so-called synthetic botanicals is still undecided on the regulatory level. As a practical matter, experts within the supply of raw materials agree its a matter of proper labeling.
The trustworthiness of the botanical ingredients supply chain is generally improving, most experts agree, but stubborn pockets of resistance to full transparency still exist.
Sabinsa announced that it is funding a 10-year reforestation project of Pterocarpus marsupium, commonly known as Indian kino, a tree used for the company's branded extracts. Silbinol and pTerosol.
Sabinsa is bolstering the power of its ID testing for its botanical and other ingredients by forming a tight partnership with the Eurofins analytical laboratory.
Danone Nutrition has unveiled its Precision Nutrition D-Lab in Singapore, showcasing some of the technology that will help the company create the next generation of infant nutrition products.
Botanicals are often thought of as powdered ingredients that go into tea-like preparations or find their way into capsules as powders or extracts. But botanical feedstocks can also give rise to other categories of ingredients, such as Prenexus Health’s...
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) is shining a light on the issue of SARMs in sports nutrition products as a way to demonstrate that the dietary supplement industry is taking a proactive approach to dealing with dicey ingredients showing up...
Illinois-based supplement maker NOW Foods has started a relabeling project so that all products in its sports nutrition line, NOW Sports, will bear the silver Informed Sport seal, certifying third-party verification.
Aker BioMarine has continued to invest in sustainability, including paying to send chief scientist Nils Hoem, PhD, on a three week trip to Antarctica to boost the onboard research capabilities of its vessels.
‘Retailers must get their heads in the clouds’, says Whipstitch Capital, which means brands must think omni-channel and what they can do outside of just offering a ‘product’.
An investment fund comprised of key execs formerly behind Swisse Wellness is pumping cash into Elle McPherson's WelleCo brand, with a focus on providing operational leadership, growth in the US and China, and help to boost supply chain and sourcing...
New Hampshire-based MegaFood, which makes dietary supplements, has joined the ranks of outdoor brand Patagonia and Unilever subsidiary Ben & Jerry’s as a Certified B Corporation.
The interpretation of a recent fisheries report that could cloud the perception of marine ingredient sustainability has been debunked by fisheries expert Ray Hilborn, PhD.
Efforts to mine for hugely beneficial new strains of probiotics are gaining momentum across the globe, but the food industry is its own worst enemy when it comes to aiding consumer acceptance of new technologies, according to experts at the recent IPA...
Innovation doesn’t always concern new products on the shelf. In the past few years organizations active within the dietary supplement industry supply chain have brought forth new ideas that are transforming how botanical products are sourced, and how...
A couple of years ago the CEOs of some of the industry’s specialist retailers were lamenting what they saw as a lack of innovation in dietary supplements, but there is much to be excited about in dietary supplements and innovation is everywhere.
Exporters of dietary supplements into China need to be familiar with that country's dominant WeChat social media platform if they want to thrive, an industry association executive said.
San Francisco-based Multiply Labs was born in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology when a PhD student and visiting scholar developed a 3D printer for capsules.
The funding of a US-China research partnership focusing on ginseng in healthy aging and immunity is a sign of the growing investment behind — and evidence for — TCM ingredients, sources say.
Immudyne, a company founded on the development of a beta glucan immune health ingredient, has sold that business amid a restructuring that positions it solely as a direct response marketing company.
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